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Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Town of Port Melbourne Valuation, 1897
Valuation book, Town of Port Melbourne 1897. Dark French blue cloth (?) cover stamped in gold with title. Tan suede spine and corners, red gold-stamped label on spine. Pages buff. Two page insert pasted into p. 70 being a handwritten letter from valuer detailling 128 houses removed, increase in population, extensions to buildings. (also Rates; assessments)Signed p. 70 by Mayor, Town Clerk and 2 councillors / p71: "Page 72 taken out for printers copy ECC 28/9/98" in purple pencil.local government, built environment, statistics, joseph turner, ad bacis, george samuel walter, n r tarrer, edward c crockford, town clerks -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Book - Diary, dockmen work details, 1944
1944 Business Diary showing dockmen, the type of work done and the hours workedmelbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, piers and wharves - station pier, w ashdown, k baldock, a borthwick, w collins, d caldwell, d davies, g finch, n flanagan, m grace, s greenshields, j morwood, g jackson, j mackay, h milkins, j maw, t o'brien, w oliver, j o'neill, r patterson, l ponton, r scott, t searle, l weate, m wickfeldt, r williams, a williams, f west, d webb, marshall, mitchell, atkins -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Financial record - Invoice, Borough of Port Melbourne, 16 Apr 1885
Borough of Port Melbourne Reserves Account Docketlocal government - borough of port melbourne, j heenan, n francis, r knight, j warren, j mitchell, henry norval edwards, michael tarver quinn -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Sketch, View of Sandridge, Booth, 1873
Photograph of sketch - View of Sandridge - Booth, Australia. 1880On rear: E.C.Booth - Australia. 1880. P78built environment, n chevalier, london virtue & co ltd -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Sketch, 'Scene on the Sandridge Railway Pier', Illustrated Sydney News, Scene on the Sandridge Railway Pier, 1873
Photographic copy of sketch: 'Scene on the Sandridge Railway Pier' - Illustrated Sydney News 19 March 1873'46' and 'Syd N. 19 Mar 1873 P13' on backpiers and wharves - railway pier -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Document - Memo re J Kichen & Sons centenary celebrations, 1956
Two memos to Mr J H Simpson, Kitchens Melbourne, concerning J Kitchen and Sons Centenary Celebrations .01 - from Chairman on Lever Associated Enterprises Pty Ltd paper, dated 18/5/1956. .02 - from W G Petley, Sydney, on J Kitchen and Sons Pty Ltd paper dated 22/6/1956industry - manufacturing, business and traders - soaps/candles, celebrations fetes and exhibitions, j kitchen & sons pty ltd, j h simpson, w g petley, f n shepherd -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Framed Painting, S. T. Wattle, 1998
This is an oil painting of the Steam Tug Wattle after conversion to a passenger carrying vessel. She was a popular tourist outing for people in the Port Philip Bay area. This painting shows that Wattle was appreciated as a historic vessel, a fun mode of transportation and that there was some appeal to seeing images in her likeness such as this painting.Oil painting of the Steam Tug Wattle after conversion to a passenger-carrying vessel.The port side of the ship is shown in an open water landscape, and is moving towards the left hand edge of the frame The painting is signed in the bottom right hand corner " '98 David Carden"oil painting, passenger vessel, tourists, wattle, painting, bay steamers maritime museum, port phillip bay -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Framed photograph, Lindsay Rex, S. T. Wattle on low loader passing under Bolte bridge, 22/10/2009
Photogtoraph taken during the removal of Wattle from the River Yarra to its temporary storage and restoration site at No 24 South Wharf, Port Melbourne. A very significant moment in the life of the Wattle as this was the first day of the major restoration project that continues from 2009 through 2012 aiming to finish in mid 2013. Prior to this restoration project there was a long lead up to find funding and resources to restore the Wattle and ensure that Wattle was not scrapped. The majority of this preparation and restoration work was and continues to be completed by volunteers.Gilded wooden frame around a colour photograph. Steam Tug Wattle facing aft on a low loader which is passing under the Bolte Bridge. This was towards the end of the tug's land journey from Victoria Harbour to 24 South Wharf.wattle, bolte bridge, river yarra, steam tug, restoration, low loader, port melbourne -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Framed photograph, Ronald Mason, S.T.Wattle being lifted by two cranes from the Yarra River, 10/2009
Photo taken on the day of the Wattle's removal from the River Yarra by two mobile cranes, the vessel is suspended above the river. A very significant moment in the life of the Wattle as this was the first day of the major restoration project that continues from 2009 through 2012 aiming to finish in mid 2013. Prior to this restoration project there was a long lead up to find funding and resources to restore the Wattle and ensure that Wattle was not scrapped. The majority of this preparation and restoration work was and continues to be completed by volunteers.Colour photograph in a gilded wooden frame. S.T. Wattle being lifted by two cranes from the Yarra River onto 24 South Wharf. A number of crew can been seen wearing safety attire assisting with the manouvering of the vessel.photograph, wattle, river yarra, mobile crane, crane, steam tug, volunteers, bay steamers maritime museum, 2009 -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Photograph - Framed Photograph, S.T.Wattle up on blocks at 19 South Wharf at commencement of restoration. October 2009, 10/2009
Beginning of the long-awaited restoration by Bay Steamers volunteers. A very significant moment in the life of the Wattle as this was the first day of the major restoration project that commenced in October 2009 and continued to 2020. Prior to this restoration project there was a long lead up to find funding and resources to restore the Wattle and ensure that the ship was not scrapped. The majority of this preparation and restoration work was and continues to be completed by volunteers. Photograph shows the state of the vessel up on blocks and prior to the start of hull restoration in October 2009.Coloured photograph in gilded wooden frame shows Wattle viewed from her port quarter and facing the Yarra River.steamer wattle, steam tug, wattle, restoration, volunteers, bay steamers maritime museum, river yarra, port of melbourne -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Functional object - Wooden bung, Wooden bung found plugging a hole in the hull of Wattle, c.1971
Wooden bung removed from the steam tug wattle. Found in the bilges of the vessel in the concrete ballast.At an unknown time the bung was used to plug a leak in the hull and concreted over. Uncovered during restoration of forward starboard section of the hull.Circular wooden bung enclosed in a small section of green canvas with fragments of concrete attachedwattle, wooden bung, canvas, restoration -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
model steam engine
This model was found in the collection of Bay Steamers Maritime Museum. It is not knowt who created it but it is supposed that it was constructed to educate the many masters of the Wattle in the operation of a steam engine - a not so common mode of power these days. A Bay Steamers Maritime Museum examined the model in March 2012 and discovered that is was in poor repair. Using his existing knowledge, and with reference to some historic texts, he made some repairs and returned the model to working order. Here is his anaylsis of the situation as an excerpt from the Bay Steamers Maritime Museum newsletter Steamlines May 2012 "I was confronted with a model of a steam engine used years ago as a training aid for hopeful steam engineers. Already having a knowledge of steam operations, I considered a museum write-up for that model a ‘piece of cake’. However, on turning the model’s crankshaft, the valve timing seemed ‘out of kilter’ with the movement of the piston. Problem was that the two eccentrics on the crankshaft were not properly secured to it. Eventually I fastened the two eccentrics to the crankshaft where I felt that they should be and then realized that one of them had a chain-driven valve-timing device attached. This would be adjusted while an engine was running to achieve best performance and fuel economy whilst in operation by accurately controlling the period of time during which steam under pressure from the boiler would be admitted to the cylinder and give greater time for the steam to expand in the cylinder, move the piston and turn the crankshaft and thus, drive the attached apparatus. When the valves were correctly set up it was then possible to get the model to function properly.The model comprises a green section, which is the actual the model mounted on a brown painted board. There are two parts of the model, painted white representing the steam passages, and black representing the cast- iron portions of the cylinder-block casting, and of the main valve sliding between the cylinder a second sliding valve. Of the black portions, one slides back and forth being connected to a rod which is connected to an eccentric clamped to the crankshaft and is the nearer to the flywheel of two eccentrics. This eccentric is attached to the crankshaft at an angle of 90 degrees to the crank-pin attached to the flywheel. To operate the model simply turn the flywheel by means of the handle attached to its crank-pin. A second eccentric is also attached to the crankshaft, further away from the first eccentric, and it is adjusted to operate 90 degrees from the first eccentric (that is, 180 degrees from the crank-pin) A piston (painted silver) is located in a plastic cylinder and has a piston rod which passes through one end of the cylinder, (in actual practice a steam-proof gland seals the cylinder against loss of steam) terminating in a cross-head slide between four rails guiding it. From this cross-head, a connecting rod joins the piston-rod to the flywheel via the crank-pin attached to the flywheel which is part of the crankshaft. (In actual practice, a flywheel may not be used, particularly in a multi-cylinder engine.) The white portions of the model painted nearest to the cylinder represent the two steam ports cast into the main cylinder block, whilst one section painted in between those two represents the exhaust outlet (which may be connected to a condenser to conserve water, or to the open air). The main slide valve has three white-painted portions painted thereon. It has two white-painted marks representing the steam passages to the steam ports into the cylinder, and a third section in between the other two, being that part of the valve through which exhaust steam passes in line with the ports in the cylinder block. By rotating the flywheel, the operations of an engine will be observed as steam is admitted to the main valve via the gap between the two jaws of two moveable portions of a second sliding valve which is operated by the second eccentric attached to the crank-shaft. This eccentric is used to finely tune the valve timing of this model to obtain best running results of an engine. There are various methods used for reversing a steam engine. model compound steam engine, steam engine, model, crankshaft, valve, flywheel, wattle, engineer, eccentrics -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Life Buoy
This life saving device was on the steam tug Wattle to be thrown to a person if they fell overboard. This ring has either been repainted since Wattle moved from Sydney to Melbourne or was part of the new equipment installed when Wattle was transferred to Melbourne in 1971Ring of buoyant material painted in white, red and blue with metal inner rim and metal outer rim with loops for attaching throwing rope. The life buoy is constructed of a foam centre and outer coating of fiberglass. An inner metal rim reinforces the construction while the outer metal rim assists with reinforcement but also provides 4 loops at 2pm, 4pm, 8pm and 10pm locations on the face of a clock. These loops have rope threaded through them to provide hand hold and grips and a method of attaching the life buoy to the boat. Decorated with red and blue lettering and insigniaPrinted on ring "WATTLE / MELBOURNE"melbourne, wattle, insignia, rope, life buoy, life ring, life saving, floating, floatation, steam tug -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Plaque
In 1991, the Port of Melbourne deemed the efforts of the Wattle volunteers in preserving local maritime heritage significant enough to present a plaque as a mark of respect.Wooden board with three brass plates attached. The wooden board is square at the top and curves to a point at the base. The top brass plaque is rectangular and bears an inscription, the central plate is mostly round and bears the crest of Melbourne, the bottom plate is a ribbon shape and bears the Latin inscription of the city of MelbourneEngraved on the top plate "Presented to the Steam Tug Wattle / By the Mayor, Councillors & Citizens of Port Melbourne / To acknowledge the role of the Wattle in preserving / our maritime heritage May 1991"port of melbourne, wattle, councillors, mayor, maritime heritage, 1991, volunteers, bay steamers maritime museum, heritage, plaque -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Wooden bung
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Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, An Introduction to Gas Turbines
Pea green soft cover of 46 pages -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, Peter Youngson, Slide Valves and Valve Gearing
Blue hard cover book of 226 pages -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, G.J. Roy, Steam Turbines and Gearing, 1984
Pale aqua soft cover of 90 pages -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, D.W. Rudorff, The Superheater in the Modern Power Plant, 1938
Red hard cover book of 296 pages -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Newspaper clipping, Two old Victorian ladies are saved from cracking up
This newspaper clipping was collected by a member of the Bay Steamers Maritime Museum as a record of the long process to preserve and restore the steam tug Wattle. This article appeared in the newspaper ________ in 1980 to report that there were two historic vessels with a Victorian connection that were going to be saved from destruction by not-for-profit organisations. ST Wattle was to be saved by the Victorian Steamship Association and Alma Doepel by Sail and Adventure Limited and the Alma Supporters Club. This newspaper clipping is an important historic document as it records one of many instances of not-for-profit volutneer operated organisations saving important historic vessels as there are no alternatives in the government or private sector. The article records the first stages of a very long restoration period. In 2012 the Wattle and Alma Doepel continue to be in the process of restoration 30 years after this initital report. Admittedly, Wattle had many years of operation between 1980 and 2007 but this article does show how time consuming it is to preserve historic vessels and how important it is for volunteers to complete these restoration projects as there are limited options otherwise from the government or private sector.Black and white newspaper clipping outlining the recent plans to save the two historic vessels Steam Tug Wattle and sailing ship Alma Doepel. A large photoshoped image of the Wattle and Alma Doepel is at the top of the news article followed by a short section of text describing the history of the two vessels and the groups that are going to save them from detoriationst wattle, wattle, alma doepel, steam tug, sailing ship, victorian steamship association, williamstown, victorian, heritage, maritime, seaport, sail and adventure limited, alma doepel supporters club, bay steamers maritime museum, volunteers, restoration -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Ship's Wheel
This is one of two ship's wheels that are associated with the steam tug Wattle. This wooden wheel replaced the original steel wheel which was much larger and proved unwieldly.Wooden Ship's wheel with eight spoke handles and a central brass reinforcing plate. The wheel is constructed of mid brown timber. The outer wheel is constructed of short timber lengths inbetween the eight turned spokes. A central circular brass plate is rivetted in the middle to hold the wooden components together.wood, ships wheel, wattle, steering gear, steam tug, bay steamers maritime museum -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, J. Duncan, Steam and Other Engines, 1932
Green cloth hard cover book of 537 pagesFirst page, handwritten in pencil "9/6 / William Jack T?leve / 45 Grand Avenue / Rose Park" Back cover homework instructions in same handwritting in pencilnon-fiction, engineering, steam, science, heat engines, engines, mechanics -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, Steam, 1988
Red cloth hard cover with clear contact covering, 1163 pagesFirst page, handwirtten in blue biro A Adams 1989 / 386,2770" Back page handwritten in blue biro A Adams, 1989 / 386 2770 ph. -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, R. H. Grundy, The Theory and Practice of Heat Engines, 1942
Blue cloth hard cover book of 723 pagesStamp in purple ink "TECHNICAL BOOK MAGAZINE CO. / 257-299 Swanston St / OPP MELBOURNE HOSPITAL / CENT. 2041 MELBOURNE C.T."Hand written in pencil "32/6"Handwirtten in black ink "A C King / 14 Batman S / Footscray WII / or / Locker 764 Union House " handwriten in pencil "Burthen 136 189 / Coal 49 60 / 49/136 60/189 / 36 % 31.7%non-fiction, -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, Newnes Marine Engineering Volume 1 Marine Steam Engines and Turbines Marine Steam Boilers
Black leather look hard cover book of 588 pagesHand wirtten in blue pen "The property of / Law Praid / S. Townhead Rd / Cotehill" Hand written in pencil ET $15 / 2 vols" -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, Alistair MacLean, Ice Station Zebra, 1963
Olive green cloth cover book of 255 pagesprice in front page -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, Eyre and Spotiswoode, Australian Directory Volume 1, 1907
Very significant part of Victorian maritime heritageLight blue cloth hard cover book of 890 pagesInside front cover, handwritten in black calligraphy pen "Hartley F Watson / presented by Capt. Glossop [?] R.N. 1919 / Garden Island, Sydney NSW" Also inside front cover handwritten in blue biro "To MICHAEL WOOD TOPSL SCHOONER 'ALMA DOEPEL' / with COMPLIMENTS HARTLEY F. (BILL) WATSON / c/o R.Y.C.V W'TOWN VIC"non-fiction, australia, hydrography, charts, survey, navigation, anchorage, maps, coast, maritime, marine -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Photograph, Steam Tug Wattle at Rye Pier, c. 01/2000
One of a series of photographs taken by Michael Ritchie who was enthusiastic deck hand on Wattle. Photographs taken when Wattle was at Rye for the Christmas/New Year period, most likely 1997. Sailing schedule,shows 5 cruises per day, ticket prices, cruise destination of Seal Colony.and tea, coffee & scrolls available. Colour photograph of Wattle moored at Rye Pier, looking to stern. Gangway, lifeboat, signs, Red Ensign visible. Skipper Leigh Doeg selling tickets to 2 parents,2 children on right hand side of photographsteam tug wattle, rye pier, seal colony cruises, leigh doeg, michael ritchie -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, Her Majesty's stationery office, The Nautical Almanac. Abridged for the use of seamen for the year 1945, 1945
Light blue hard cover of 315 pagesHand written on front cover "Hmas Wongalene -
Bay Steamers Maritime Museum
Book, Her Majesty's stationery office, Admiralty Manual of Seamanship Vol 1, 1964
Blue hard cover book of 494 pagesInside front cover "E.S. Bloomfield / MERCHANT NAVY 1948 - 1951 / ROYAL NAVY SERVICE: - / 3 JULY 1951 (ORD. SEAMAN) / TO / 16 JANUARY 1980 (W.O. OPS(R))